Tugela Ferry
Tugela Ferry is located in KwaZulu-Natal
Tugela Ferry
Tugela Ferry
Tugela Ferry is located in South Africa
Tugela Ferry
Tugela Ferry
Coordinates: 28°44′S 30°26′E / 28.733°S 30.433°E / -28.733; 30.433
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictUmzinyathi
MunicipalityMsinga
Area
  Total4.11 km2 (1.59 sq mi)
Elevation
777 m (2,549 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total2,093
  Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African97.2%
  Coloured0.7%
  Indian/Asian0.2%
  White1.9%
First languages (2011)
  Zulu95.4%
  English1.9%
  Other2.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
3010
Area code033

Tugela Ferry is a town on the northern bank of the Tugela River, in central KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. During the apartheid era it formed part of the KwaZulu homeland, and at present it is included in the Umzinyathi District Municipality. The town's name commemorates the ferry which once operated here before a steel bridge was constructed.[2]

The town's hospital (Church of Scotland Hospital) is renowned for having discovered the first XDR-TB outbreak in 2005.

Notable people

  • Simmy - South African Music singer-songwriter.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Tugela Ferry". Census 2011.
  2. Raper, P.E. (2004). South African Place Names. Jonathan Ball, Jhb & Cape Town. p. 377. ISBN 1-86842-190-2.

Nedy one of the locals


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